Exam question 3 · Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the diet of mice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, diet

This is exam question 3 of lesson 202 «Hamsters, gerbils and pet rats and mice» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 diet	det
11	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 mice	case
13	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 diet	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the diet of mice		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus diet=Experiencer

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mice prefer seeds, grains and sweet foods, and cheese is not their favourite

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	nsubj
2	prefer	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prefer	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grains	punct
5	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seeds	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 foods	cc
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 foods	amod
8	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seeds	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 favourite	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 favourite	cc
11	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 favourite	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 favourite	cop
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 favourite	advmod
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 favourite	nmod:poss
15	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 prefer	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	Mice	seeds and grains and sweet foods					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seed=Stimulus
2	not is	present	cheese					favourite property	tree rules

Option 2

Mice subsist entirely upon cheese, which they locate by its odour at great distances

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 subsist	nsubj
2	subsist	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 subsist	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 cheese	case
5	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 subsist	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 locate	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 locate	obj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 locate	nsubj
9	locate	locate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 subsist	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 odour	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 odour	nmod:poss
12	odour	odour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 locate	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 distances	case
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 distances	amod
15	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 locate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	present	Mice					upon cheese; entirely property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	locate	present	Mice = mouse					by cheese's odour; at great distances	tree rules

Option 3

Mice are strictly carnivorous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carnivorous	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carnivorous	cop
3	strictly	strictly	ADV	_	4 carnivorous	advmod
4	carnivorous	carnivorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mice					carnivorous, strictly property	tree rules

Option 4

Mice consume nothing but leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consume	nsubj
2	consume	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 consume	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 leaves	cc
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present	Mice	nothing					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Asset

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